by Deryn | Sep 21, 2022 | Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Social History, Transitions, Travel
-These past two weeks have seen the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the great pageantry that only the British can do well to honor her life. I have watched with interest as the week of mourning passed, the lying-in-state, through the Service at Westminster, the ride... 
by Deryn | Mar 23, 2022 | Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Shirley and Thy after the operation on her leg This month’s interview is with Thy Cameron, a mother who lost her only child Shirley to cancer. This painful experience she shares with others to help them. Even in her sharing, she feels pain in the margin of loss.... 
by Deryn | Feb 15, 2022 | Divorce, Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com This week I had the privilege of interviewing author Renee Ettline, about her experience of going though divorce even though in her Christian upbringing it was not an option. Sometimes life is such that you need to take care... 
by Deryn | Jan 19, 2022 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by Jackson David on Pexels.com WOMEN HE REDEEMED Jesus must have known and understood the abuse, lack of value and respect as well as the generational trauma that women had to endure, that was the result of the old system when he sought out the women whose... 
by Deryn | Jan 6, 2022 | Divorce, Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com The sermon series run in our church during Advent highlighted the women in Jesus’ genealogy. This is probably the first time I have heard these women being honored as part of Jesus genealogy. As I sat and listened to... by Deryn | Jul 9, 2021 | Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by jasmin chew on Pexels.com Recognize the Symptoms When we experience a sore throat or fever, we are reasonably sure we are getting a cold or the flu and take measures to help ourselves get over it. But quite often, we don’t feel quite right within...